Monday, June 02, 2008

Marc Andre, you beauty!

If you watched Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight and still are not a hockey fan, then you need to go kill yourself. Immediately. Unbelievable game and, by all rights, the Red Wings should've taken it going away. Pittsburgh looked timid, especially in the third period and first OT where they were dominated. The Pens power play continued to look miserable (how ironic that Sykora's game-winner in triple OT came on the power play) and Malkin was miserable. Again. Fleury saved this team countless times, tonight.

In so many ways, watching Sidney Crosby lead Pittsburgh in this Cup Finals reminds me of LeBron leading Cleveland to the NBA Finals last season. Both are the futures of their respective sport, both are/were up against juggernauts. Will Pittsburgh's miracle escape tonight mean Crosby won't share the same fortune as LeBron? Still a ways to go, yet.

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